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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Norfolk, VA · March 15, 1997

Date: March 15, 1997 · 08:30 local
Place: Norfolk, VA
Airport: Norfolk International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N64260
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total75 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N64260Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265133 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot departed Norfolk for newport news/williamsburg int'l airport (phf). The weather was clear. He did several touch and goes. The tower informed him that he was on the wrong runway. He took off on runway 2, began descent into Norfolk for runway 32. The descent appeared to be high and the speed too fast. The pilot experienced a bounced landing, then a second higher and harder landing, and then the nose gear collapsed. privacy data omitted Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED NORFOLK FOR NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INT'L AIRPORT (PHF). THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. HE DID SEVERAL TOUCH AND GOES. THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS ON THE WRONG RUNWAY. HE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 2, BEGAN DESCENT INTO NORFOLK FOR RUNWAY 32. THE DESCENT APPEARED TO BE HIGH AND THE SPEED TOO FAST. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A BOUNCED LANDING, THEN A SECOND HIGHER AND HARDER LANDING, AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

Other reports on N64260 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19770903029869ATo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Grove Hill, ALAfter 60MPH ac would not accelerate. Ac hit ditch. No malfunction of ac systems were found.Sep 3, 1977 · Substantial damage